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RHEA
OF THE DRUM
Rhea of the drum,
mother of the drum
Daughter of the
earth and sky
Beats upon her
drum, beats upon her drum
When she hears
her children Cry.
Aiy, aiy aiy
aiy
Woe woe woe woe
Sometimes I’m
afraid of the dark out there
Aiy, aiy aiy
aiy
Woe woe woe woe
Sometimes I’m
afraid of the dark in here.
THE RIVER IS FLOWING
The river is flowing,
flowing and growing.
The river is
flowing, down to the sea.
Oh Mother carry
me, your child I will always be.
Oh Mother carry
me down to the sea.
SUNWISE SONG
I was born on
the longest night
And the winter
winds knew my name.
The stars, they
gleamed
and the moon
shined bright;
They were taking
me home again…
*
Then I stood
up in the dawning light
And I put myself
to shame.
For there I learned
that the gathering light
Was taking me
home again…
*
My horns grew
forth
like the buds
of Spring
And I pranced
through forest and fen,
Making signs
of love in old stone rings
That were taking
me home again…
*
Then I set out
with a stout yew bow
On a quest for
mystic game.
What no woman
may tell
nor man may know
Was taking me
home again…
*
My flame burned
soft as the Autumn sun
And my vital,
gold light waned.
My runes were
cast
and my spells
were spun
I was coming
home again…
*
I heard Her voice
and She enchanted me
‘Til I could
no more remain.
My fire grew
dim and Blessed Be,
For now I was
home again…
Michael Rhys
GATHER 'ROUND
By Griffin
Gather ‘round
the sacred stone
Hand in hand,
no more alone.
For we’ve heard
the old one’s call
Of one family
are we all.
CERNUNNOS
By Griffin
Come to us o’
mighty Cernnunos
Come to us Horned
One
Come to us o’
mighty Cernnunos
Come to us Horned
One
Come to us with
power and passion
Help us win the
prize
Come to us with
mirth and laughter
Treasures of
the wise.
GODDESS OF MOONLIGHT
Performed by
Desert Wind
Goddess of Moonlight
Dancer of our
right
Giver of all
life
Blessed Be
Grandmother of
one and all
Your love universal
Grandmother of
one and all
Your love universal
GOD CHANT
Osiris, Adonis,
Kuruz, Pan,
Dionysus, Shiva
Dumuzi
GODDESS CHANT
Isis, Astarte,
Diana, Hecate,
Demeter, Kali,
Innana
NOW I WALK IN
BEAUTY
As performed
by Libana
Now I walk in
beauty
Beauty is before
me
Beauty is behind
me
Above, and below
RISE WITH THE
FIRES
And we can rise
with the fire of freedom
Truth is the
fire that will burn our chains
And we can stop
the powers of destruction
Healing is the
fire burning through our veins
HOOF AND HORN
Hoof and horn,
Hoof and horn
All that dies
shall be reborn
Vine and grain,
Vine and grain
All that’s cut
shall rise again.
HORNED ONE
Horned one, Lover,
Son,
Leaper in the
corn
Deep in the Mother
Die and be reborn.
THE EARTH IS OUR
MOTHER
The earth is our
mother,
We must take
care of her
The earth is
our mother,
We must take
care of her.
Hey yana, ho yana,
hey yan yan.
Hey yana, ho
yana, hey yan yan.
Her sacred ground
we walk upon,
With every step
we take
Her sacred ground
we walk upon,
With every step
we take.
Hey yana, ho yana,
hey yan yan.
Hey yana, ho
yana, hey yan yan.
CLOSING HYMN (THE
GOAT SONG)
On a hill far
away
stands a stone
menhir ring
The emblem of
druidic pride
And we love that
stone ring
and the circle
within
Like the goddess
as hag, mom and bride.
So we’ll dance
round the stone menhir ring
‘Til the
flames of the fire have died down
We’ll emote,
slit a goat’s throat, and sing
Then get dressed
and drive back into town
On a hill nearby
stands
a looped ansate
cross
Of the sort some
folks call an ankh,
Keeping evil
at bay
like the shield
of the law
For which we
have Gardner to thank.
**Chorus
In the valley
below
shine the flashing
blue lights
On the car of
the local police.
But the law’s
on our side,
and we soon will
be free
Well, at least
by next Midsummer’s Eve.
**Chorus.
Leslie Fish
AIR I AM
Air I am,
Fire I am
Water, Earth
and Spirit I am
SNAKE WOMAN
Snake woman shedding
her skin.
Shedding, shedding,
shedding her skin.
Bird Woman taking
flight.
Moon Woman riding
the night
Tree Woman rooted
in Earth
Fire Woman burning
strong
Star Woman shining
bright
Blossom Woman
opening wide
Rain Woman soaking
the earth
LADY WEAVE
Lady weave your
circle tight
Weave a web of
glowing light.
Earth, air, fire,
water
Bind us to you.
WE ARE AN OLD
PEOPLE
We are an old
people
We are a new
people
We are the same
people
Stronger than
before.
THE EARTH IS A
WOMAN
The Earth is a
Woman and she will rise
The Earth is
a Woman and she will rise
We will live
in her
We will live
in her
HERON FLY YOU
HOME
Buzzard call you
back to the wild lands
Heron fly you
home
Journey to the
soul of your own land
Where the mothers
wait for your return
Heron fly you
home.
OAK AND ASH AND
THORN
Lyrics by: Rudyard
Kipling
Of all the trees
that grow so fair,
Olde England
to adorn,
Greater are none
beneath the sun
Than Oak and
Ash and Thorn
Refrain: Sing
Oak and Ash and Thorn
All on a midsummer's
morn
Surely we sing
of no little thing
In Oak and Ash
and Thorn.
The Oak of the
clay lived many a day
e'er ever Aeneas
began;
The Ash of the
loam was a lady at home
when Brooke was
a outlaw man;
The Thorn of
the down
saw New Troy
town
from whence was
London born;
Witness hereby
the ancient trey
of Oak and Ash
and Thorn.
The Yew that is
old with churchyard mold
yieldeth a mighty
bow;
Alder for shoes
doth wise men choose
and Beech for
cups also.
But when you
have killed
and your cupr
it is filled
and your shoes
are plain outworn,
Back you must
speed for all that you need
to Oak &
Ash & Thorn.
The Elm she hates
mankind and waits
for every gust
to be laid
To drop a limb
on the head of him
who any way trusts
her shade.
But whether a
lad be sober or sad
or mellow with
ale from the horn,
He chooseth no
wrong who lieth along
'neath Oak and
Ash and Thorn.
O do not tell
the priest of our plight,
for he would
call it a sin;
For we have been
out
in the woods
all night
a 'conjuring
summer in.
We bring good
news by word of mouth,
good news for
cattle and corn;
For now
is the sun
come up from
the south
with Oak and
Ash and Thorn.
THE OCEAN
IS THE BEGINNING
The Ocean is the
beginning of the Earth
The Ocean is
the beginning of the Earth
All life comes
from the sea
All life comes
from the sea
I CIRCLE AROUND
I circle around,
I circle around
The boundaries
of the earth
Wearing my long
wing feathers as I fly.
(repeat)
ANCIENT MOTHER
Ancient Mother,
I hear you calling
Ancient Mother,
I hear your song
Ancient Mother,
I hear your laughter
Ancient Mother,
I taste your tears
SOME GOD CHANTS
Great God Pan,
Dance on the
land
Bearing seeds
of life in your hand
King of Oak,
Summer's King
In your hand
the harvest bring
King of Holly,
Winter's Lord
Help us store
up Winter's hoard
Hades, Arawn,
Dark Father,
lead us on,
Hades, Arawn,
guide us to the dawn.
Aisling
BORN OF WATER
Born of Water,
Cleansing, Powerful,
Healing, Changing,
We are,,,
(descant)
Cleansing, Changing
We are
healing one another
Flowing Freely,
We are healing
the Earth.
Descant byAisling
Rise up, O Flame
We call thy name,
Fill us with
Power,
Fill us with
Light
Rise Up, O Flame,
We call thy Name
Bring warmth
to this space tonight! |
DIRECTIONAL
CHANTS
Flowing around
us,
Flowing among
us,
Waters of life
and love,
Encircle us now.
Earth, take me
deep, take me deep
To your center..
Earth solid,
rock steady,
Deep, pulsing,
Mother, strengthen me
Holly
Stuart..She Who Opens
CRONESONG
The Earth is the
Goddess,
the grass is
Her hair,
Hail, Crone,
Blossom and Bone!
We walk on Her
shoulders
and dwell in
Her hand
On the land,
here on the land
The Earth is the
Goddess,
the grass is
Her hair,
Hail, Crone,
Blossom and Bone!
We dance on Her
shoulders
and work in Her
hand
For the land,
all for the land
The Earth is the
Goddess,
the grass is
Her hair,
Hail, Crone,
Blossom and Bone!
We rest on Her
shoulders
and sleep in
Her hand
In the land,
deep in the land.
Aisling
AIR MOVES US
Air moves us,
Fire transforms
us,
Water shapes
us,
Earth heals us,
And the balance
of the Wheel goes
'Round and 'round
And the balance
of the Wheel
Goes 'round
Reclaiming Collective
CIRCLE SONG
Dance for the
wind,
and the blue
skies shall smile on thee,
Dance for the
Sun,
and his warmth
shall surround thee.
Dance for the
rain,
as it falls,
splashing merrily.
Dance for the
earth,
and her blessings
will hold thee.
Sing for the goat-foot
god,
Call down the
Lady.
Raise up a cone
of power,
Spinning round
a ring.
Speak of your
heart’s desire,
Whisper your
fantasy.
Enchantment rules
the night,
When Her children
sing.
Michael
Rhys
THIRTEEN TREES
Apple for the
Lady,
Oak for the Lord,
Hazel for the
Wise Ones,
Holly for the
sword,
Rowan for protection,
Birch to make
a start,
Alder for the
fire,
Willow for the
heart..
Ash the Magician,
Ivy makes a crown
Vine for the
wine
When the cup
comes around
Elder for the
ancients,
In the forest
tall,
And the yew tree
at Samhain,
To cover us all!
Aisling
LONG WALK TO AVALON
It’s a long, long
walk to Avalon
Down a road that
few have seen.
It’s a long,
long time since the bard has sung
And the earth
was wild and free.
Tell me where
can the unicorn lay his head?
Tell me where
have the woodsprites all gone?
Tell me where
have the Sidhe,
the proud Dannan
now fled,
Taking with them
the balefire’s glad song?
Tell me, how many
times
Can the sun set
down
With no legends
to tell where he goes?
Tell me, how
many times
Must the moon
shine around
On desolation,
where forests would grow?
Comes a dying
god on a bloody cross
And a horned
lord of evil to fear –
Pushing men to
arms, with their sanity lost
To draw blood
in holy war.
First the winter’s
snows lay nature to bed
In the icy death
of the yea
Then the springtime
sun shines upon my head
And I know I
have nothing to fear.
It’s a long, long
walk to Avalon
Down a road that
we can see.
It is not so
far, nor is it gone.
Avalon’s in you
and me.
Michael Rhys
WE ALL COME FROM
THE GODDESS
We all come from
the Goddess
And to her we
shall return
Like a drop of
rain
Flowing to the
ocean.
We all come from
the Horned One
And to him we
shall return
Like a flash
of flame
Ascending to
the heavens
LISTEN LADY LISTEN
Listen Lady Listen
to my heart's song
Listen Lady Listen
to my heart's song,
I shall never
forget You,
I shall never
forsake You,
I shall never
forget You,
I shall never
forsake You
HERETIC HEART
Lyrics by: Catherine
Madsen
I am a bold and
a Pagan soul
a-rattlin' through
this land.
I judge the world
by my own lights
and I come by
my own hand;
And if you ask
me where
I learned to
live so recklessly,
My skin, my bones,
my heretic heart
are my authority.
My mother was
a spinner of tales,
my father a dreaming
man.
And I have swung
on the Dragon's Tongue
and danced on
holy land.
I have sung the
seed up out of the ground
and the bird
down from the tree;
My skin, my bones,
my heretic heart
are my authority.
Once I was bound
but now I'm gone away
from the faithful
fold'
From those who
preach that holiness
is to do as you
are told.
Though law and
scripture,
priest and prayer
have all instructed me,
My skin, my bones,
my heretic heart
are my authority.
They tell me Jesus
loves me,
but I think he
loves in vain;
He must go unrequited,
on me he has
no claim.
My healer is
the Lady Moon
whose tides run
deep in me.
My skin, my bones,
my heretic heart
are my authority.
And while I breathe
this glorious air,
an outlaw
I'll remain;
My body will
not be subdued
and I will not
be saved.
And if I cannot
shout aloud,
I'll sing it
secretly,
My skin, my bones,
my heretic heart
are my authority.
LORD OF THE DANCE
by Gwyddion Pendderwyn,
Amy Falkowitz, Ann Case, Len Rosenberg
She danced on
the water,
and the wind
was her horn
The Lady laughed,
and everything was born
And when She
lit the sun
and its
light gave Him birth
The Lord of the
Dance
first appeared
on the Earth
chorus:
Dance, dance, wherever you may be
I am the
Lord of the Dance, you see!
I live in you,
and you live in Me
And I lead
you all in the Dance, said He!
I danced
in the morning
when the world
was new-begun
I danced in the
Moon
and the Stars
and the Sun
I was called
from the darkness
by the Song of
Earth
I joined in the
Song, and She gave Me Birth!
chorus
I dance in the
Circle
when the flames
leap high
I dance in the
Fire and I never, never die
I dance in the
waves of the bright summer sea
For I am the
Lord of the wave's mystery
chorus
I sleep in the
kernel and I dance in the rain
I dance in the
wind,
and through the
waving grain
When they cut
me down
I care nothing
for the pain
In the spring
I'm the Lord
of the Dance
once again!
chorus
I dance at the
Sabbat
when you dance
out the spell
I dance and sing
that everyone be well
And when the
dancing's over do not think that I am gone
To live is to
Dance! So I still Dance on.
chorus
I see the Maidens
laughing
as they dance
in the Sun
And I count the
fruits
of the harvest
one by one
I know the Storm
is coming,
but the Grain
is all stored
So I sing of
the Dance of the Lady,
and Her Lord:
chorus
The Horn of the
Lady cast
its sound cross
the plain
The birds took
the notes,
and gave them
back again
Till the sound
of Her music
was a Song in
the sky
And to that Song
there is only one reply:
chorus
We dance ever
slower
as the leaves
fall and spin
And the sound
of the Horn
is the wailing
of the wind
The Earth is
wrapped in Stillness,
and we move in
a trance,
But we hold on
fast to our faith in the Dance!
chorus
The sun is in
the southland
and the days
grow chill
And the sound
of the horn is fading on the hill
'Tis the horn
of the Hunter,
as he rides across
the plain
And the Lady
sleeps
'til the Spring
comes again
chorus
The Sun is in
the southland
and the days
lengthen fast
And soon we will
sing
for the Winter
that is past
Now we light
the candles
and rejoice as
they burn
And we dance
the Dance of the Sun's return!
chorus
They danced in
the darkness
and they danced
in the night
They danced on
the Earth,
and everything
was light
They danced out
the Darkness
and they danced
in the Dawn
And the Day of
that Dancing is still going on!
chorus
I gaze
on the Heavens
and I gaze on
the Earth
And I feel the
pain of dying and rebirth
And I lift my
head in gladness and in praise
For the Dance
of the Lord and His Lady gay
chorus
I dance in the
stars
as they whirl
throughout space
And I dance in
the pulse
of the veins
in your face
No dance is too
great, no dance is too small,
You can look
anywhere, for I dance in them all! chorus
The moon in her
phases,
and the tides
of the sea
The motion of
the Earth,
and the Seasons
that will be
Are the rhythm
for the dancing,
and a promise
through the years
That the Dance
goes on
through our joys
and tears
chorus:
So dance, dance,
wherever you may be
I am the
Lord of the Dance, you see!
I live in you,
and you live in Me
And I lead
you all in the Dance, said He!
BE LIKE A BIRD
Who halting in
her flight
On a limb too
slight,
Feels it give
way beneath her
Yet sings, sings
Knowing she has
wings.
Yet sings, sings
Knowing she has
wings.
TEACHING SONG
I'll sing you
One-O
Green Grow The
Rushes-O
What is your
One-O?
Green Grow The
Rushes-O
One is One and
All Alone,
And ever more
shall be so!
I'll sing you
Two-O
Green Grow the
Rushes-O
What is your
Two-O?
Green Grow The
Rushes-O!
Two, two, the
two-faced God
In red and gold
and green-o
One is one and
all alone
And ever more
shall be so!
Three, the Triple
Goddess
Four for the
Guardian Towers
Five for the
fiery points of iron
Six for the Book
of Changes
Seven for the
portals between the worlds
Eight for the
8 Great Sabbats
Nine for the
Nine foot circle’s breadth
Ten for the Celtic
reading
One and one for
the Year King’s reign
Twelve for the
Heavenly Augers
Thirteen-turns
of the silver wheel
DARK EARTH
Dark earth, silent
stone, tangled root and green leaf, oh,
High peak, magic
herb, cold spring rush and forest grow,
Mountain Mother,
come to me
I receive You
merrily,
Guide my footsteps,
feed my soul,
Wherever I may
go!
Michael
Rhys
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